Friedman: 806 books
Pumpkinflowers
A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried...
Stern:
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
First published in 1962, Bruce Jay Friedman’s acclaimed first fiction novel, Stern, tells the story of a young Jewish man who relocates his family from the city to the suburbs, where they are besieged by voracious caterpillars and a bigotry that ranges from the genteel snub to outright confrontation.
“An...
The Lives of Erich Fromm
Love's Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Erich Fromm was a political activist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. Known for his theories of personality and political insight, Fromm dissected the sadomasochistic appeal of brutal dictators while also eloquently championing...
Champion of Civil Rights
Judge John Minor Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
One of the least publicly recognized heroes of the civil rights movement in the United States, John Minor Wisdom served as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1957 until his death in 1999 and wrote many of the landmark decisions instrumental in desegregating the American...
by Gil Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
NEW EXPANDED EDITION! A Dictionary of Love with 22 more subject categories and over 50 more authors than the first edition.
A Dictionary of Love consists of over 650 quotes on love from the profane to the profound arrange alphabetically in 213 subject categories by more than 350 authors, philosophers...
No Haven for the Oppressed
United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1938-1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
No Haven for the Oppressed is the most thorough and the most comprehensive analysis to be written to date on the United States policy toward Jewish refugees during World War II. Friedman draws upon many sources for his history, significantly upon papers which have only recently been opened to public...
Out of the Blue
A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
The odds of being hit by lightning each year are only about 1 in 750,000 in the U.S. And yet this rare phenomenon has inspired both fear and fascination for thousands of years. In this groundbreaking, brilliantly researched book, journalist John S. Friedman probes lightning’s scientific, spiritual,...
Crime Without Punishment
Aspects of the History of Homicide
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite being...
by Richard Elliott Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
The Exodus has become a core tradition of Western civilization. Millions read it, retell it, and celebrate it. But did it happen?
Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, and filmmakers are drawn to it. Unable to find...
by Milton Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
What is the exact nature of the consumption function? Can this term be defined so that it will be consistent with empirical evidence and a valid instrument in the hands of future economic researchers and policy makers? In this volume a distinguished American economist presents a new theory of the...
by Professor Lawrence M. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this long-awaited successor to his landmark work A History of American Law, Lawrence M. Friedman offers a monumental history of American law in the twentieth century.
The first general history of its kind, American Law in the Twentieth Century describesthe explosion of law over the past...
The Great Contraction, 1929-1933
New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that monetary policy--steady...
Family Inc
Office-Inspired Solutions to Reduce the Chaos in Your Home (and Save Your Sanity
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Does your work life "balance" feel anything but? Most people will probably tell you that you need to be more strict about separating your office and home lives, and WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TAKE THE OFFICE HOME WITH YOU! To this, husband-and-wife authors Caitlin and Andrew Friedman say: Think again!...
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2020
The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times bestselling author of The Next 100 Years focuses on the United States, predicting how the 2020s will bring dramatic upheaval and reshaping of American government, foreign policy, economics, and culture.
In his riveting new book, noted forecaster...